Commuters: What's for lunch?
#51
Banquet Turkey Pot Pies. Less than a buck at Target and small. I also sometimes pack some hard boiled eggs, but not always as I don't always have them ready at home.
I'm working on limiting my calorie intake to less than 500 a meal, which is easier at breakfast and lunch than dinner.
I'm working on limiting my calorie intake to less than 500 a meal, which is easier at breakfast and lunch than dinner.
#52
-Sandwich made from homemade WW bread with cheese or peanut butter
-Salad, large.
-Banana.
Being eating from the same lunch menu, pretty much 5 days a week for the last 20 years.
-Salad, large.
-Banana.
Being eating from the same lunch menu, pretty much 5 days a week for the last 20 years.
#53
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Bunch of stuff from Costco. I have costco less than a mile away from work. I have bike with rack. We have decent sized fridge. I have 6-7 different variety of frozen stuff i alternate as well as granola, soup, etc.
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Lunch? What's that? Must be something private sector people do. I might eat a couple of pieces of fruit or a granola bar between job sites over the course of the day.
#55
I think you are working for the wrong government....most public sector workers in California get months of vacation/sick time so I imagine they get at least 90 minutes for lunch.
#56
Packed lunch, always.
1 cup of some form or combination of beans/split peas/lentils/legumes etc etc etc . . .
1 cup of some form or combination of quinoa, kamut, brown rice, amaranth, barley, rye berries, millet etc etc etc . . .
serving of nuts
fruits, veggies . . . whatever of each and however much I feel like.
Today, specifically, it's Split Pea chilli over Kamut with sunflower seeds and carrots. Grapefruit and Bananas for snacking early afternoon and right before heading home.
1 cup of some form or combination of beans/split peas/lentils/legumes etc etc etc . . .
1 cup of some form or combination of quinoa, kamut, brown rice, amaranth, barley, rye berries, millet etc etc etc . . .
serving of nuts
fruits, veggies . . . whatever of each and however much I feel like.
Today, specifically, it's Split Pea chilli over Kamut with sunflower seeds and carrots. Grapefruit and Bananas for snacking early afternoon and right before heading home.
#57
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When I worked in downtown Calgary I had endless choices for eating out. Here, I work in a research park at the far end of a university campus and the only choices are a not-very-good cafeteria in the next building, an expensive restaurant next to the cafeteria (same kitchen?) or a grocery store about 10 minutes walk from work. So, it's mainly leftovers or whatever I can toss together the night before when I'm making dinner.
#58
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I am a caffine girl
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I'm super bad today. It was 44 degree going down the incline this morning and I didn't dress properly. Brrrr. When I got to work, I was a customer of those infamous Roach Coach (catering truck). Got me a Tuna Melt and Bagel. I know I will regret eating that after my stomachs settles.
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I drove in today, and I went back to the Chinese restaurant that fell so far off its stride that I stopped going for a couple of years.
Still bad. They're off the list for good.
Still bad. They're off the list for good.
#63
This has been a problem that I have run into. I eat at least every 3 hours for my weightlifting and work 10 hour shifts at work. My bag to work is packed full of food and water and not much else. I just bought a nice lunchbox before I got my bike, however it will not fit in my backpack
. Tagging this thread for better options 
. Tagging this thread for better options 
#64
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I bring in stockpiles of food on the days I drive in, so I don't have to worry about packing or carrying food on the bike. I'll still usually carry in fresh fruit or any home cooked leftovers on bike days, but even if I don't I'll never go hungry.
Better still, every Friday my company supplies free catered lunch for everybody. (over 500 employees) Pizza, pasta, Italian beef and sandwiches, salad, cookies... I usually eat two lunches and sometimes even go back later to grab some leftovers to take home! I never go out for lunch.
Better still, every Friday my company supplies free catered lunch for everybody. (over 500 employees) Pizza, pasta, Italian beef and sandwiches, salad, cookies... I usually eat two lunches and sometimes even go back later to grab some leftovers to take home! I never go out for lunch.
#66
I like to make some variation of a burrito: beans/lentils mashed up with rice/grains and/or some other form of protein, I used veggie protein like TVP and tofu 'cos it's cheap... add cheese if I feel like being opulent. They are good warm or cold, 'cos I am sometimes without a microwave as well. I also cave and sometimes visit the gut truck if I'm on a site.
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Maybe a couple of times a month at max I'll go to Subway and get a foot long, that's lunch and dinner for me. Otherwise it's something in tupperware.
I keep ramen in my desk drawer in case of a calorie emergency, but I generally don't have them when I'm cycling. I only get really super hungry when I haven't been riding for weeks. The more I exercise the less I tend to eat.
I keep ramen in my desk drawer in case of a calorie emergency, but I generally don't have them when I'm cycling. I only get really super hungry when I haven't been riding for weeks. The more I exercise the less I tend to eat.
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